February 15, 2026 / Last updated : February 15, 2026 Michele Webb artificial intelligence What It Means When a Cancer Registrar Says, “There Is No Room for AI in the Cancer Registry” Why do cancer registrars say, “There is no room for AI in the cancer registry?” As a cancer registrar who advocates for thoughtful AI automation, I hear this phrase often. In most cases, it is not opposition to innovation. It is a signal of perceived risk without control. AI has been part of registry work […]
February 15, 2026 / Last updated : February 15, 2026 Michele Webb artificial intelligence Why Saying AI Solutions Can “Do More With Less” Triggers Fear “Do more with less.” Four words that can instantly trigger alarm for cancer registrars. For many, the phrase activates a stress response rooted in familiar pressures: unrealistic expectations, shrinking timelines, or a perceived loss of control. When a team is already operating at maximum capacity, it can widen the gap between what leadership expects and […]
January 27, 2026 / Last updated : January 27, 2026 Michele Webb cancer registry automation Beyond Pathology: Building an End-to-End Casefinding Workflow As cancer registry data management continues to evolve, optimizing casefinding workflows is essential for improving data accuracy while strengthening efficiency and productivity. Pathology is often the first—and primary—casefinding source. Intelligent casefinding and AI-driven extraction from pathology can improve timeliness, reduce errors, and streamline day-to-day work. Pathology reports are well suited to automation because their structured […]
January 25, 2026 / Last updated : January 25, 2026 Michele Webb cancer registry automation Perspectives on Registry Automation: Firestorm or Reality? Recent perspectives on the adoption of AI to support cancer registry casefinding, abstraction, and analytics have landed differently across the community. The intensity of the feedback signals something important: a shared commitment to data integrity, accurate patient stories, and the long-term credibility of cancer registry work. To move the conversation forward, it helps to set […]
January 13, 2026 / Last updated : January 13, 2026 Michele Webb cancer registry automation How to Get ROI on Cancer Registry AI Software When cancer registry AI software does not deliver the expected ROI, it is tempting to assume the technology is not working. Often, the real issue is that AI is being used to “optimize” workflows that were designed for manual work, legacy systems, and batch reporting. Instead of redesigning the end-to-end process, organizations layer AI onto […]
January 11, 2026 / Last updated : January 11, 2026 Michele Webb cancer registry automation Human and AI: Better Together in the Cancer Registry Cancer registrars are expected to keep pace with expanding requirements, improve timeliness, and deliver increasingly complex analytics, often without the option to add more staff. It is no surprise that the conversation turns to technology: automation, smarter workflows, and AI-supported casefinding and abstraction. But when AI is introduced as part of a “do more with […]
November 18, 2025 / Last updated : January 8, 2026 Michele Webb cancer registry automation Smarter, Sustainable Cancer Registries Are You Building a Smarter, Sustainable Cancer Registry? The most efficient, least costly, and most accurate way for a cancer registry to maintain and grow is not by doing the bare minimum or adding more staff — it is by implementing AI automation that is paired with strong best practices and quality control. Automation handles […]
November 18, 2025 / Last updated : January 8, 2026 Michele Webb cancer registry automation Cancer Registries Are at a Fork in the Road Cancer registries face a turning point. Case-finding, abstraction, and follow-up once depended entirely on manual effort, but data demands have grown exponentially in the last decade. Hospitals now require near real-time information to support quality reporting, value-based care, personalized medicine, and population health. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a solution, but adoption requires engagement and clarity […]